Cloth-pressing device.



PATENTED SEPT. 22, 1903 LLYNN.

.GLOTH rmzssme DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 27, 1903.

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Lima/my UNITED STATES IlI-atented September 22, 19653.

PAT NT OFFICE.

JOSEPH LYNN, OF HOLYOKE, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO FARR ALPACA 2 COMPANY, OF HOLYOKE, MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORATION OF MASSA-' OHUSETTS.

CLOTH-PRESSING DEVICE.-

SPEGIFICATIQN forming part of Letters Patent No. 739,499, dated September 22, 1903.

Application filed May 27, 1903.

Be it known that I, JOSEPH LYNN, a citizen of the United-States, residing at Holyoke, in the county of Hampden, State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cloth-Pressing Devices, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to a cloth-pressing device, and particularly to press-boards adapted to be piled within a suitable pressing device with the cloth extending between the same. i

The invention has for an object to provide a construction embodying a series of boards flexibly connected together and adapted to have apiece of cloth threaded through the same, so that when the boards are piled upon each other a layer of cloth will extend between each two adjacent boards.

A further object of the invention is to provide means for folding these boards upon each other,comprising a cord or connection extending centrally through each of the boards, so

that when drawn at one end the boards will,

be foldedupon each other with a piece of cloth between the same.

Other and further objects and advantages of the invention will be hereinafter set forth, and the novel features thereof will be defined by the appended claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1,is a plan of the invention. Fig. 2 is'a vertical longitudinal section on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a similar detail view on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1, and Fig. 4 is a vertical section through the boards when folded or piled upon each other.

Like letters of reference refer to like parts in the several figures of the drawings.

The letter A designates the press-boards, which may be of any desired material, preferably of stiff paper or similar light material, and these boards are flexibly Connected together in any desired manner-for instance, by means of tapes or bands A, stitched or otherwise secured to the opposite faces of each of the boards upon the lines A extending transversely of each board, and also upon the lines A longitudinally of the boards at their meeting edges, thus securing each to the tape Serial No. 159,026. (No model.)

and forming a hinge or flexible connection between the several boards of the series. These boards are of sufficient width topermit the entrance of a piece of cloth of anyregulation width between the connected points,

which are shown at the opposite edges thereof, while each of the'boards is slightly spaced from its adjacent board, so as to permit the threading between the boards of the clothB and said cloth being carried alternately above and beneath the several boards of the'series, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. When such piece of cloth is once threaded through the boards and is, after being pressed, to be removed, another'piece B can be inserted by simply at taching the same tothe first piece, asat B, when the withdrawal of the first piece will draw the next piece of cloth to be pressed between the several boards. For the purpose of folding the boards upon each other, as shown in Fig. 4, a cord or connector 0 is provided and extends through apertures 0, formed centrally in the ends of each board, said cord being passed'through the apertures when the boards are folded, as in Fig. 4, so that when opened the cords extend alternately above and below the boards in their passage between the adjacent boards. In the illustration a continuous piece of cord is shown at each end and provided with a suitable stop device, as shown at 0 These cords are withdrawn from the boards, when they are piled vor'folded to be placed in a press and again inserted in the piled boards after their removal from the press and before opening.

In the operation of theinvention the device is spread upon a table or support'of suitable length, and the first piece of cloth to be pressed is threaded alternately above and below the boards of the series, as shown in Fig. 1. The closing-cords are then drawn'froni their free ends and cause the boards to fold upon each other, so that a section of cloth lies between the surfaces of each of the adjacent boards when same is in the position shown in Fig. 4. The cord is then withdrawn, and when thus piled or folded the boards, with the cloth in proper position for pressing, is placed in a suitable press and held under pressure until the pressing operation is accomplished,after which the cord is rethreaded Too through the piled boards. The series of boards is then replaced in its original position, and the piece of cloth just pressed removed by longitudinal movement thereof, While if another piece is to be introduced it is attached to the first piece and drawn between the boards in the removal of the piece previously pressed. By this means cloth may be passed between the boards for pressing indefinitely, without the necessity of threading by hand, and the boards quickly folded upon each other, so as to secure the most rapid operation with the most efficient results in the pressing action. It will be obvious that the threading of the cord between the centers of each of the boards causes the same to fold upon each other by simply applying the power to the free ends of the cords and completelyobviates the necessity of handlingindependent boards, as previously used in this art. It will also be noted that the application of the tapes or securing-bands for flexibly connecting the boards together at the 0pposite ends of each board prevents lateral movement of the board and leaves a space between said boards for the insertion of the goods to be pressed, which is thereby held against any lateral movement and displacement in its Withdrawal from and insertion between the series of boards.

It will be obvious that changes may be made in the size, configuration, and details of construction of this invention without departing from the spirit thereof, as defined by the appended claims.

Having described my invention and set forth its merits, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a cloth-pressing device, a series of boards hinged together and separated from each other at their meeting edges to permit threading therethrough ofa piece of cloth and the folding of the boards upon each other.

2. In a cloth-pressing device, a series of boards hinged together and separated from each other at their meeting edges to permit threading therethrough of a piece of cloth and the folding of the boards upon each other,and a cord passing centrally through the end of each board of the series.

3. In a cloth-pressing device, a series of boards separated from each other, flexible bands secured to each board at opposite ends and closing-cords passing centrally through the end of each board.

4:. In a cloth-pressing device, a series of boards separated from each other, and a flexible band secured to each board to permit a folding thereof upon an adjacent board.

5. In a cloth-pressing device, a series of boards separated from each other, means for flexibly securing said boards together, and closing-cords extending centrally through the end of each board and alternately above and below the boards of the series.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JosEPII' LYNN.

Witnesses:

MICHAEL J. GRIFFIN, DENNIS J. OLEARY. 

